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Publication of 16th March 2022

Update of 31st March 2022: Rector's Decree appointing the Examination Committees for the PhD programme in Civil Engineering and Architecture and in Neuroscience

Update of 1st April 2022: new time and modality Final Examination of the PhD programme in Economics and Business

 Update of 4th April 2022: new time of the Final Examination of the PhD programme in Electronic and Computer Engineering

Application to be admitted to dissertation and thesis upload
PhD students are allowed to submit the application to obtain their PhD degree and archive their thesis only online, by entering their personal page on UniCa website at: https://unica.esse3.cineca.it/Home.do. Please, follow the guidelines below:
ADMISSION TO FINAL EXAM AND THESIS UPLOAD - GUIDELINES FOR ONLINE APPLICATION (ref. to the document attached at the bottom of this page)

The correct denominations of PhD programmes, in Italian and English, are available at: unica.it - Elenco dei corsi di dottorato

DO NOT SEND YOUR PhD THESIS TO THE EXAMINATION COMMITTEE BEFORE RECEIVING A SPECIFIC E-MAIL FROM THE PhD OFFICE!

Within 15 days before the date of the thesis defence, applicants MUST:

1. Submit the application to obtain their PhD degree
2. Upload their thesis
3. Pay the stamp duty (EUR 16.00)

Click on the Italian version of this notice to check the dates and places of PhD dissertations.

PhD thesis
The PhD thesis must be uploaded in a single PDF file, including its cover, not exceeding 50 MB. Uploading a thesis divided into multiple files is not allowed. The name of the file must be "tesi di dottorato_name and surname of the PhD student”.
The cover of the thesis will follow the format available below. If the thesis is written in English, use the cover page in English; if the thesis is written in Italian, use the cover page in Italian.
The academic year of the dissertation is 2020/2021 for Cycle XXXIV applicants.
ATTENTION! Changing the academic year is not possible. 

Scientific Disciplinary Sector
The cover of the PhD thesis must indicate the code of its Scientific Disciplinary Sector, as requested by the Ministry of University and Research with notice no. 1581 of 26th July 2005. It is necessary to indicate only the alpha-numeric code (for example, MAT/01, ING-IND/19, M-FIL/06).
During the online submission, it will be possible to enter only the main SDS. The secondary SDSs could be entered in the section dedicated to the notes. 
The complete list of the Scientific Disciplinary Sectors is available at https://www.miur.it/UserFiles/115.htm

Request for thesis embargo
The request for the thesis embargo can be submitted only in case of specific conditions. See the link “PhD thesis and copyright" (available only in Italian) and the document and "Definition of embargo" below.
The request form, available below, must be signed by the thesis supervisor and named “richiesta di embargo della tesi_name and surname of the PhD student”.